GreenBow
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Please can someone help me decide if MY SR225i are fitted with 'i' drivers or 'e' drivers.
I had not heard of this before googling just out of curiosity for SR225i reviews. I found a thread about the 'e' series, and on page 24 a discussion about 'e' drivers in 'i' models. The idea was that if you can see red backed drivers inside the grills they are 'e' drivers.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/722571/grado-e-series/345
More on page 81
http://www.head-fi.org/t/722571/grado-e-series/1200
Going by this I am wondering if my SR225i are 'e' drivers, but terminated in a 6mm (1/4") jack. They look identical inside to the view of the red drivers in page 24, which is discussed as 'e' drivers
Photo here of mine using an LED torch to see inside...http://www.mediafire.com/view/e723wnlt2h6ae2g/SR225i%20red%20driver.JPG#
One issue that puzzles me is what people were saying when the SR changed to the SRi. Then, forums had people saying that the way to distinguish was the SRi had something to do with red on the drivers. [EDITED: Later in this thread we established they used a dot of red paint to denote SRi drivers.]
I am just asking if someone who knows are mine definitely SR225e drivers in the SR225i cases. From the sound I am tempted to think they are.
Another issue it leaves me with is where to upgrade to from here, if mine are really SR225e.
1. Some say that there is very little difference between SR225e and SR325e so that may be an expensive option. The SR325e while brilliantly received in reviews, leaves me a little bemused.
a) I prefer having the narrower less fancy headband on the SR225i. Why pay more money for just a posh head-band when the normal one works. I have no idea what people mean when they say the 325 headband is more comfortable. I can't feel the headband on the 225.
b) Plus I prefer black not grey/silver.
c) I know it's about the acoustics. I would put my reservations about the SR325e aside if I thought it was a substantial upgrade. Yet like I mentioned, some say the 225e to the 325e is not much of a difference. The only strong argument for buying SR325e is that the original SR225 (not 'i') was only four star reviewed. Meaning its roots are weaker.
2. The PS500 doesn't review so well in pro-reviews. There is still yet to be a specific PS500e pro-review from What Hi-Fi.
I had not heard of this before googling just out of curiosity for SR225i reviews. I found a thread about the 'e' series, and on page 24 a discussion about 'e' drivers in 'i' models. The idea was that if you can see red backed drivers inside the grills they are 'e' drivers.
http://www.head-fi.org/t/722571/grado-e-series/345
More on page 81
http://www.head-fi.org/t/722571/grado-e-series/1200
Going by this I am wondering if my SR225i are 'e' drivers, but terminated in a 6mm (1/4") jack. They look identical inside to the view of the red drivers in page 24, which is discussed as 'e' drivers
Photo here of mine using an LED torch to see inside...http://www.mediafire.com/view/e723wnlt2h6ae2g/SR225i%20red%20driver.JPG#
One issue that puzzles me is what people were saying when the SR changed to the SRi. Then, forums had people saying that the way to distinguish was the SRi had something to do with red on the drivers. [EDITED: Later in this thread we established they used a dot of red paint to denote SRi drivers.]
I am just asking if someone who knows are mine definitely SR225e drivers in the SR225i cases. From the sound I am tempted to think they are.
Another issue it leaves me with is where to upgrade to from here, if mine are really SR225e.
1. Some say that there is very little difference between SR225e and SR325e so that may be an expensive option. The SR325e while brilliantly received in reviews, leaves me a little bemused.
a) I prefer having the narrower less fancy headband on the SR225i. Why pay more money for just a posh head-band when the normal one works. I have no idea what people mean when they say the 325 headband is more comfortable. I can't feel the headband on the 225.
b) Plus I prefer black not grey/silver.
c) I know it's about the acoustics. I would put my reservations about the SR325e aside if I thought it was a substantial upgrade. Yet like I mentioned, some say the 225e to the 325e is not much of a difference. The only strong argument for buying SR325e is that the original SR225 (not 'i') was only four star reviewed. Meaning its roots are weaker.
2. The PS500 doesn't review so well in pro-reviews. There is still yet to be a specific PS500e pro-review from What Hi-Fi.